Senior Desktop Engineer & IT Team Lead

Boardroom Appointments; Randfontein; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a senior IT professional in Randfontein to lead the desktop engineering team and oversee enterprise desktop environments. The role covers deployments, upgrades, and complex troubleshooting while collaborating with management and stakeholders to ensure project success.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive leadership experience, strong IT security knowledge, and a track record of optimizing desktop operations and budgets.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading desktop engineering teams and IT operations.
• Strong exposure to desktop deployments, upgrades, and troubleshooting across enterprise environments.
• Solid understanding of IT security, data protection, and compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of desktop engineers, ensuring performance and training.
• Coordinate large-scale IT projects including deployments, migrations, and system implementations.
• Act as escalation point for complex incidents and drive timely resolutions.
• Oversee budgets, resource allocation, and vendor management for desktop support operations.
• Contribute to IT strategy, policies, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Technical leadership

Desktop support

System optimization

Security & compliance

Team management

Project coordination

Stakeholder communication

Education

MCSE

CompTIA Network+

ITIL

Job description

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a senior IT professional in Randfontein to lead the desktop engineering team and oversee enterprise desktop environments. The role covers deployments, upgrades, and complex troubleshooting while collaborating with management and stakeholders to ensure project success.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive leadership experience, strong IT security knowledge, and a track record of optimizing desktop operations and budgets.